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Taejonbirok Volume 8 Episode 17
Chapter 51: The Lazy Man Takes on the Work (2)
The sword was like a fantasy.
It was moving but not moving, flowing but not flowing. It was impossible to tell whether the master was moving the sword or whether the sword was moving on its own.
Naturalness.
It's a commonly used expression.
However, after seeing the sword, Wi Yeon-ho could see how vain the word ‘naturalness’ he had been using was. It was not a word that expressed things like ‘the sword was alive and moving’ or ‘full of energy’.
It's just like that.
The sword was naturally where it should be. Accordingly, it seemed as if the world was adjusting itself to the sword.
Many words and phrases came to mind, but not a single one could accurately describe that sword.
'It's foul play, really.'
The sword, which had no internal energy whatsoever, moved smoothly, but there were no gaps or weak points visible anywhere.
What would happen if Sima Qianshi's entire volume touched that sword?
Wi Yeon-ho ended up laughing bitterly.
The moment it touches that sword, Sima Qianshi's entire body will be torn apart like silk when struck by a sharp blade, and Sima Qianshi's body will also suffer the same fate.
The sword that moves most naturally in the world, with the spirits of Jeonggi becoming one.
That black one was rather terrifying.
The master slowly drew the sword upward from the bottom, took the sword back, and asked.
“Have you seen it?”
"……yes."
“What did you see?”
"I don't know."
As Wi Yeon-ho shook his head, Baek Mu-han clicked his tongue.
“You stupid bastard!”
“Okay.”
Wi Yeon-ho trembled and shouted.
“I’m not even twenty yet! I can’t possibly catch up to the master who has spent his entire life holding a sword in one go, right?”
“I reached this level at your age?”
“……There are exceptions in this world.”
Wi Yeon-ho let out a deep sigh.
'This is absolutely ridiculous.'
The more I experience the world, the more I realize how great Baek Mu-han is. Even though he is a simple ship that can only be taken out and left at home, if I had met him in a situation where I knew the extent of Baek Mu-han’s power, I would not have been able to rush out like I did when I first saw him.
'Isn't he truly the greatest of all time?'
After seeing the secret of the author called Geomhwang, what I felt was the depth of my teacher's learning, and after competing with Sima Qianse, what I felt was my teacher's greatness.
Sometimes, such things made Wei Yanhu shrug his shoulders, but at other times, they made him feel like a distant wall was blocking him.
“Master.”
"why?"
“Can I really surpass my master?”
Baek Mu-han smiled brightly.
“Don’t even dream, you lazy bastard!”
“Ugh.”
Wi Yeon-ho shivered.
'That's an illusion. He's not a real master.'
I know it, I know it well enough… … but how can it be that every single thing he says is so annoying and irritating?
Baek Mu-han smiled gently as he watched the trembling Wei Yan-ho.
“Do you want to surpass me?”
“Of course.”
“Why?”
Wi Yeon-ho felt speechless.
why?
Why does he want to surpass his master?
Even if he could not surpass his teacher, it would be the same if his life did not have to endure any inconveniences. Why should he, who could be called the world's laziest person, put in so much effort into something that does not cause any inconveniences?
When Wi Yeon-ho seemed confused, Baek Mu-han gave him the answer.
“It’s natural if it’s unmanned.”
"……soldier."
Wi Yeon-ho couldn't help but have doubts.
Are you unmanned?
If a person who has studied martial arts is called a martial artist, then he is definitely a martial artist. However, if a person who devotes everything to martial arts and makes it his life's goal to pursue a higher realm is called a martial artist, then Wei Yanhu could not be called a martial artist.
Is he unmanned or not?
bean!
But before his thoughts could even deepen, Baek Mu-han's sword struck Wi Yeon-ho's head.
“Ouch!”
Wi Yeon-ho sat down, holding his head.
“Why are you hitting me!”
“Tsk tsk, you fool.”
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Baek Mu-han clicked his tongue as he looked at Wi Yeon-ho, who was glaring.
“What’s so special about being unmanned? If you’re holding a knife and setting it up, you’re unmanned.”
“What about the window? What about the volume? What about the angle?”
“If you don’t want to get beaten up for everything you say, keep your mouth shut.”
"yes."
Wi Yeon-ho quietly closed his mouth and folded his hands. His teacher was a man who would do anything.
“If there’s one thing I regret about you, it’s that you’re too smart.”
"oh!"
Is that a compliment? Or is it a compliment?
“Smart guys tend to try to solve everything with their heads before experiencing it with their bodies. Just like you are now. Instead of feeling with your heart what being unmanned is, you define it within yourself and try to fit it into that frame.”
“……Aren’t all people like that?”
“You are particularly bad.”
Baek Mu-han looked at Wi Yeon-ho with a frowning face.
“Even though he’s smart, he’s naturally lazy, so he tries to find a way to move as little as possible and use the least amount of effort.”
“Isn’t that efficient?”
“What if there is a river in front of you?”
“I have to avoid it.”
“What if there’s a mountain behind it?”
“I have to go back.”
“Yes, you are. But what if you keep avoiding mountains and rivers like that? If you keep going around in twists and turns, you will end up going around the place you originally wanted to go. It will be hard, but wouldn’t someone who crosses mountains and rivers arrive faster than you?”
“Umm…….”
“That’s what efficiency is. If you try to solve the problem right in front of you easily, it may seem like you’re going faster at the moment, but you’ll end up taking a long detour in the end. You have to look far ahead, not at the present, and you have to know how to endure a little bit of a difficult path right now.”
“It’s difficult.”
“Yes. It won’t be easy, especially for you. You try to make life too easy.”
“Are you saying that you can’t catch up with Master that way?”
“I don’t know.”
Wi Yeon-ho tilted his head.
“I don’t really understand what you are talking about.”
Baek Mu-han said with a big smile.
“You can’t know for sure. They say that a person’s realm is not something that can be set and climbed. If ten people climb a mountain, each of them will take a different path, and no one can know which of them will reach the top first.”
Wi Yeon-ho suddenly stuck his mouth out.
“So, are you saying that it can be surpassed or not? It’s hard for me to interpret, so if you could give me a clear and concise answer, I think it would be easier to understand.”
“……I think you’ll understand if you try it out?”
“Student, I will try harder to understand.”
Baek Mu-han smiled and said.
“My way is not your way.”
“…….”
“You must find your sword. Isn’t that why you are looking at the world now?”
"yes."
This time, Wei Yanhu nodded with a serious expression.
The master's sword is invincible.
If he follows the path of the master, Wei Yanhui may also be able to reach a state of semi-invincibility.
but…….
So, you can never surpass your teacher in your entire life.
There is a way to approach the realm of the master, but it is impossible to surpass the master by that way. On the other hand, there is a way that seems far away from the realm of the master, but it has a slight possibility of surpassing the master by that way.
Wi Yeon-ho chose the latter without hesitation.
Even if the path is full of hardships, you cannot define your own possibilities in advance.
'Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of a thousand will fail.'
The results are obvious though.
“Yeonho.”
Baek Mu-han called Wi Yeon-ho in a soft voice.
“Yes, Master.”
“Don’t be obsessed with surpassing me.”
“Umm…….”
“What matters is not how you surpass me, but how you sharpen your sword.”
“I think that’s harder. I don’t really know what you’re talking about. I don’t even know what kind of guy I am, so it’s too hard to know what my sword is.”
“No, everyone else knows what kind of person you are, so why don’t you? Are you saying that because you really don’t know?”
“That, that’s not important.”
“That guy is single.”
Baek Mu-han quietly walked towards Wi Yeon-ho and patted his head.
“……This, it’s a little ticklish?”
“I think it’s better than being sick.”
“The disciple considers his ability to tolerate tickling to be his specialty.”
“Tsk tsk.”
Baek Mu-han looked at Wi Yeon-ho quietly and opened his mouth.
“It’s not about finding your own darkness.”
“I thought you were just telling me to find it? Maybe it’s because of your age, but you’re being indecisive.”
“Should I make you change your mind at a young age?”
“Hehe, just kidding, just kidding.”
As Baek Mu-han glared, Wi Yeon-ho shrank down.
'You ignorant old man who only counts!'
He has no conscience and even beats people up in his dreams. If this is his dream, shouldn't he give in to it in his dreams with a conscience? What kind of old man is he who invades other people's dreams and beats people up?
“You create your own darkness.”
"……yes?"
“Draw within yourself the sword you desire. Then think about what it will take to make that sword come true.”
Wi Yeon-ho looked at Baek Mu-han with a completely clueless expression.
“Hmm.”
Baek Mu-han sighed softly and tapped Wi Yeon-ho on the head.
“It may be a little early for you. As time goes by and your realm becomes a little higher, you will come to understand that the sword is another way of defining you.”
“What you’re saying now sounds like the nonsense of Shaolin or shamanism that you so badly criticized.”
"what?"
“Disciple, I will always keep that in mind.”
“In that sense, let’s fight hard today as well.”
“……Today too?”
Baek Mu-han nodded his head violently.
“You, when you fought that kid a while ago, were you honestly a little scared?”
Because he's young… … .
Are you talking about Sima Qianse?
Certainly, compared to Baek Mu-han, Sima Qianshi is a bit younger.
“Hey, who would be scared?”
“This master shed tears of blood inside as he watched the guy who had been training under this Baek Mu-han and fighting with him get scared by such a weakling and not be able to display even half of his skills.”
“……Master, calm down. Master has already passed away. No, to be exact, he passed away before he met me.”
“I think I’ve been pampering you too much.”
Wood crunch.
The sound of bones cracking echoed from Baek Mu-han's hand as he held the sword.
“If only I had dealt with him properly a few times, I wouldn’t have been pushed back by that guy… It’s not a matter of skill, but of attitude, and my heart aches even more.”
“……Rotten Mongryun-gong.”
Wi Yeon-ho looked up at the sky with a sad face.
This is the dream world that Baek Mu-han created. Since it was a place created based on his consciousness, nothing could be hidden and there was nowhere to run away.
And as Wei Yanhu's realm rose and his understanding of martial arts increased, the boundless martial arts he experienced became as wide as the sea and as high as the sky.
In other words, Baek Mu-han, who was created by Wei Yan-ho's illusion, becomes stronger as Wei Yan-ho learns about Baek Mu-han's true identity.
“I’ll show you hell… no, I’ll train you so you won’t ever shrink back in real combat again!”
“I think my true feelings have come out for a moment, Master? Are you Master?”
“Shut up!”
Baek Muhan's sword covered the world and fell on Wei Yanhu.
Wi Yeon-ho muttered as he watched the scene.
“There’s no answer, really…….”
Kwaaaaaaaah!